impermanent

Example Sentences

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He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Los Angeles, like its residents, is impermanent, always shape-shifting, always on the verge of becoming something else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024

And he wrote the piece because he felt like so many things on the internet are impermanent, right?

From Salon • May 15, 2024

Our digital life has become increasingly impermanent and is mostly outside of our control, making the threat and pain of digital loss ever more acute.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2023

Despite the size and solidity of the building, it feels impermanent, populated by a constant stream of guests and travelers on their way to and from other locations.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern